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war fought for the rights of colored and and to get rid of discrimination
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an era of serious social problems hidden by a thin layer of gold.
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first affordable automobile
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connect atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean
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sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market
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severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
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was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II
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It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries
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at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.
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was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
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was the first artificial Earth satellite.
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was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other
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was a Cold War-era military conflict
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the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front
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Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy
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the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.
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was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989).
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is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993).
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The dissolution of the world's first and largest Communist state also marked an end to the Cold War.
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was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized Coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
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is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
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were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area on September 11, 2001.
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intervention in the Afghan Civil War by the United States and its allies, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
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signaled the start of the conflict that later came to be known as the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States.